Uncommon Birds in Dublin
Our list for Dublin has 60 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 12 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors, 11 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Dublin in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 60, most common first
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Jul
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made